Donny Osmond Quotes

I have this absurd syndrome where I get these out-of-the-blue, pathetic panic attacks. It'll be in a very easy, simple scene when everything is going swimmingly, and then suddenly, bang, I'm shvitzing and can't remember my lines.

I do have panic attacks every time I go on stage so I'm really not sure why I put myself through this.

I suffer a lot with nerves and stage fright.

I have had a very difficult time with stage fright; it undermines your well-being and peace of mind, and it can also threaten your livelihood.

I suffer greatly from nerves. I have stage-fright badly, and it gets worse, but the stage is still my life.

I've started to get more stage fright the older I get.

During my teen years, I just really started to get anxiety. I would get stage fright when I would do certain speaking engagements and I always would get through them, but it was a really nerve-racking and hard thing to do.

I have really bad anxiety and OCD. I get afraid of everyone I know dying.

I'm scared of audiences. One show in Amsterdam I was so nervous, I escaped out the fire exit. I've thrown up a couple of times. Once in Brussels, I projectile vomited on someone. I just gotta bear it. But I don't like touring. I have anxiety attacks a lot.

I get panic attacks in big crowds.

Hugh Grant, who several times has announced that he was thinking of retiring from acting, has said that he suffers from panic attacks when the cameras start rolling.

I have social anxiety. It's easier up on stage because there's security in being there. When I'm off stage I'm trying not to be a manic freak. I'm quite shy.

I am not the performing type. I was the one who would cry, throw up or pass out.

I was very nervous as a child and had stage fright.

Performing gives me so much anxiety.

I had panic attacks during rehearsal. There were times when I really thought I wasn't going to be able to do it.

I get nervous even guesting on other people's shows.

I was quite a shy child. I would get terribly nervous and throw up before my birthday party. And then I would be fine. I feel the same now. I get nervous, then it's fine.

I'm not good at interacting with people and am terrified to get onstage, so I just go up there, freak out and, most of the time, pack up and go home immediately after.

I don't wake up drenched in sweat because I haven't been on stage in years.

The older I get, the more nervous and anxiety-ridden I get. I don't know how to fix that.

Yeah. I do get incredibly anxious. Almost borderline panic attacks.

When I was immobilized by fear, I might have a panic attack. I've had a couple of panic attacks in my life.

When I was younger and did a stand-up gig, it would take me two weeks to recover. Sometimes I'd get so panicked that I would stutter.

Every day there's a lot of things I block out, because if I start visualising things, I tend to go completely insane. I've always had anxiety issues, and it can totally overwhelm me and suck me under if I'm not keeping focused. I just think and think until I have a panic attack, and then it dies down.